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*???????? * THE WEATHER * * Fair tonight. Saturday * * increasing cloudiness * * and cooler. Fresh shift * ing icinds. * ********* *??*???< * CIRCULATION * Thursday * 2,4-40 Copies * VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 25, 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 99. Looks As If Republicans j Have To Turn To Hughes All Others Thought of for Keynote Speech at Convention at Cleveland Seem to Have Been Eliminated and -Now All Odds Favor Secretary State Ry DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright. IM4. By T1)? Afvanet) Washington, April 24.?Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State, seems at the moment the most likely choice for tempor ary chairman of the Republican National Convention at Cleve land. This is the latest turn in the. Republican political situation.' Mr. Hughes' speech at the New York state convention not only has earned him a place of lead ' orsh'P but the prestige he hofd3' m the Republican party, having served twice as governor of the j states of New York, as an asso-1 cmte justice of thf Supreme Court of the United States and as the Republican nominee foi ! the Presidency in the close race of 1916, is calculated to influ ence his selection. At first the Republican leader*1 thought It would bo a wise thing to' 1? B?n,e of <?e Western senti ment by choosing a man or asrlcul-' filiations but while there are WlMnLrnme8 MCC""tabIe' ,hC d"CU>"" , Zs dl tl Question of P.estlge1 nslde the party. Pres-dent Cooi Idtd of course, win have more tol say than anybody else about the! Choice of a temporary caalrmai. The President s speech in New York sig nificantly pointed to ,he ments of the Secretary of state Al HUghes n,ad? an enthusiastic address about the1 ^reSS-aRSi chusetts, who Is .he leader of The service onf?thdy ra"kB a" h'sh ,n service of the party as Mr. Hughes The fact that Mr. Coolldge comes can " unVlBe'to^fi" 11 poI,t| ?artar:' 'halr?''"1from1>!,h'0r,t,Z"' make the speech placing Mr Cool ld*e In nomination. t-ool Meanwhile the discussion of Dem IrSr-tS evlUbTedrntt Coo"^-"C"hnere "is a?"*. contest nT,1 ln ,the Domocrat?c ready ^"^1^,?^ SSI could not be nominated beeause of the one-third bloc a?aln?* hiJ. .. doubtedly the ^i to?'" w,t ??' correspondent talked felt thai and that h W0Vid be on MeAdoo. and that he would either develon1 w r,ronKth on the first few bal lots or be eliminated quickly There "e no Idea that anyone e^se the InltiaT balloting" ,>rUlU of! Sena7oVt??a^0And^ many Insist th.t he cannot ,2 I ?hf.l "'""V"' hl" advanced age 21 * fr.-,,ne,",i\ ,i " m-ntloned more "2S??? anyone e|,e with the ' . exception of Senator Carter .lass of Virginia, nx a posslbl" com candidate, though manr of the Democratic editor interviewed In New York felt sure Senator Pn ?i?rWO of Alabama would win if the party went South of the Ma,?n and Dijon line for n candidate Mr. Underwood Is held In hlri. *???hm """ lf b" h???> from ? he i f? hl" n""ilnntln? would be a foregone conclusion. Sentiment In favor of nny one nia.i has ?ot crystallised so far as the ef .f"1,lof" ,rom many pnrt, c?te Cun.ny wo?,1?, to l??l drawn on. ' '~"m tn crX . convention of the Demo ?Mljem*tit ao?h as &????, T ?S ^an'^n"',^1"" ' <? t'OTTON MAHKKT Ne*f York. April 25.?Spot cotton Closed steady. Middling 31.00, Futu-. res closed at the following levels May 30.?5, July 28 80, Oct. 24 90. Dec. 24.30, Jan. 24.00. New York. April 2R?Cotton fu-i tures opened this morning at the following levels: May 2?.80; July 28.30; October 24.75; December' 24.11; January 23.77. GLEE CLUB HEARD WITH MUCH FAVOR Good House and Apprecia tive Audience Greeted the Wake Forest Musicians at High School Auditorium. A packed house so far as the fronl two-thirds of the auditorium went greeted the Wake Forest Glee Club at the high school Thursday night. There were some vacant scats in the rear, but altogether the house was 4n point of size a good one? away beyond the average for musi cal events in Elizabeth City. In point of appreciation the audi- 1 ence left nothing to be desired. Ev ery Aumber was well received and ' encore followed encore after Dr. Po teat's "Captain Mac" and after' the I quartet numbers in which Larry Eu-j nis Skinner took the part of second | tenor. Orchestra numbers, too, won Ken erous.applause. Indeed it seemed to; be the concensus of oplnon anions .those who have heard previous con certs by the glee club that the or chestra this year was better than, ever while the glre club was fully up to the Wake Forest standard, i which Is saying a great deal, espe-1 Cially during the years since Dr. Po teat became director of the club. | An innovation in this year's pro-1 gram were the readings by T. D. Da vis of Mt. Airy. They add a pleasing variety to the program and the num bers by Mr. Davis Thursday night won generous applause. To mention all the pleasing num bers would be to give the entire program, but "Old Time Songs" went straight to the hearts of the audience, while to Wake Forest al umni" "Campus Songs" and the sing ing of "Alma Mater" and "Dear Old Wake Forest" stirred a flood of hap py reminiscence and tender memor-| ies. On the front row of seats the Glee Club had as Its guests Thurs-i day night the members of the sing-1 ing class of Oxford Orphanage, and . Dr. Poteat, during the program, took occasion to express appreciation of their presence. At the close of] the program the singing class in turn | expressed ifs approval of the Glee Club in college girl fashion with a cheer that would have put to shame twloe their number of Elizabeth City high school girls. The Glee Club left Friday morn ing for Farmvllle where it was sche duled to appear Friday night. It is j believed that at its next appearance; in Elizabeth City the Wake Forest Glee Clyb will be greeted'by a full i house. PUBLICITY NEXT STEP FOK COASTAL HIGHWAY letter to C. H. I'uuli from Secretary Wade Tellfl of IMhii for Tour ing Cities This Summer Publicity will bo the next step in the development of the coastal high way, according to a letter received by C. R. Pugh from Fred G. Wade of llrunswick, Georgia, Secretary of the South Atlantic Association. The publicity will be conducted In co-op eration with the automobile clubs of the principal cities from Wnshlngton to Miami, according to Mr. Wade. To quote from his letter to Mr. Ptlgh: "We have in mind unm" great plans for the year 1024-192.r> and a man of your remarkable will power, forcefuln?'ss of argument, well bal anced judgment on matters of Im portance, can and will no doubt bo of great service to our ansoclatlnn in many ways, and I am going to ask that you give ine the privilege of calling on you some time during the summer months to do some :?< al publicity work which will involve, no doubt, you and 1 being thrown together a good deal, for a month or Nix weeks. "To make myself clear, it will my purpopo to visit Ml of the big automobile clubs starting at Wash ington. D. C., thence through Pi^h mond, Norfolk, your city. Wilming ton, Charleston. Savannah, Hruns wlck, Jacksonville and Miami, to lire up a certain kind of high claps pub licity that cannot be securcd In any other way except by personal con tact with these organizations." ON TRIAL FOR MURDER AFTER FORTY YEARS Quitman. Oa., April 2S. ? After bring a fugitive for 43 year*. Poater Ornn, negro. w?a returned here t" <lay to atand trial for a murder in 1880. Diligent Member of the House Copyright. Harris A Ewing. Mrs. John I. Nolan. California, only woman member of Congrtts. la making a cake according to Houae rules, as It were. Kitchen bills must bo watched, she finds, aa closely aa congressional bills. And. says. Mrs. Nolan, there'a absolutely nothing wrong in the kitchen cabinet. She does her own housework In her Washington home. WOMAN LAWYER ELUDES PURSUIT Wanda Elaine Stopa, Bril liant Chicago Woman, Flees .After Murdering Caretaker! of Man Infatnated With. Chicago, April 25.?Search fori Wanda Elaine Stopa. aged 24, Chi-', cago's youngest woman lawyer and former Assistant United States Dls-1 trict Attorney, was today extended to the East in the belief that, elud ing pursuit here after killing the j caretaker at the home of Y. Kenley Smith, wealthy advertising man with) whom she was Infatuated, she fled to New York with her husband, Vladi mir Glaskoff. During the last four months she j had lived in New York, her expense*)? paid by Smith, who told the state's . attorney that he had befriended her because she was the brainiest wo man he ever saw. I 'ItKSIDKXT SHEEP APPOIXTH AX INSTITUTE COMMITTEE President M. Leigh Sheep of the Elizabeth City Chamber of Corn- . inerce, looking toward the conduct-j 1nu of a business Institute In the cltv | this summer under the auspices of the Retail Merchants' Institute of Chicago, has appointed the following! committee to raise the funds to fin-1 ance the institute: M. O. Morrlsette, J. W. Shannonhouse, It. II. Sheely, T. T. Turner, Frank Harris, and M. P. Gallop. DISTRICT MEETING OF WOODMEN HERE Elizabeth City was chosen as the I place for the next district meeting of the Woodmen of the World at the District meeting of the Woodmen of the World at Aulander, according to. word received here today. "T. T. Tumor of Elizabeth City with his men from Evergreen Camp won out after a hard fight, Tarboro putting In a strong bid for the next meeting," says a communication to this newspaper from A. O. Kiff, dis trict deputy, of the Eastern North Carolina district. This district covers 16 counties and the meeting here on August 16 will bring to rilizabeth about 500 delegates from the various, counties of the district. BANDITS HOLD UP ASSISTANT CASHIEK Granite City. III., April 25.?Ilan dits today robbed T. D. Graninaroff, assistant cashier of Granite City Na tional Rank,, of $63,000 In currency which he had Just received at the postofftce from St. Louis Federal Re serve Hank. Several shots were fired by Gradinaroff and the bandits but no one was Injured. JURY SELECTED IN OIL INVSTIGATION Washington, April 25?The selec-i tlon of a grand Jury before- which Is I to be presented criminal charges growing out of the Senate oil Inves tigation was completed today In the; District of Columbia Supreme Court. After a brief session it recessed un til Monday. Ban On Handshakes Saves Much Presidential Energy \ ('oolidgo Spared 2.10 Prrfunctory l'um;>8 of IIih Hi({l:l Arm n Day Largely a* Hrmill of Hraction to I'hyciriil IJrcnk down in OITirr of llie l.ant Two ProililrilU ll> WIIiUAM c. IiTOX <C*9yrlftit IV2I. By Th? A?mrm) Washington, April 25?Tho White House handshaking ban in sarlnn Provident Coolldge in avoraue of 250 pumps of hla right arm a day. That Is a conservative estimate drawn l>y Whllo House attach* s who watch the receiving lino around tl noon hour day by day. Aa for tho physical fatigue. they aay It has saved n whole lot more energy than can bo cot I ma tod In figures. Small groups of vlaltora, It la pointed out. will continue to recel\ the usual hand clasp and spoken greeting. Hut tho Pi-osld* nt will J< spared long periods of hand shakln* with bli*. delegations and group*. .Statistics on the handshaking per formances of Presidents ar:- n ?t to be obtained with any depre* < f curacy, but oJd timers of th?? White House force declare that th" cham pion handshaker of recent yearn was Theodore Roosevelt. Next In th? art of hand itrasplng was # President Harding and Chief Justice' Taft. dur ing his term In the White House, was considered no slouch at tho art of friendly greeting. President Wl! son during his flrst term shook hands quite a bit but after the entry of the I'nlted States Into the war, i the restrict tons on visiting cut down the ordeaj to a minimum. Reams have ?been written In r> cent years, especially since the breakdown of Wllso/i and the death of Harding, about the unmoer*ary pbyalcal fittlKun put upon tl\c ? vcu tlve by tlvB'- and other fonnnl'tle*. but It l? doubtful wh< th' r any f if*r dlnn of the President'a health or bin peraon could ?e* away with n ? ?rlct bun on tiandflbakln*; by th< Preal-f dent. Hfntorr records. bow; ver, thai Gnome Waiblnpv i wa? one < hlef o\ rutlvr? wlv? did ^ot aW"\ wltb It. ft In told of tin* fi.nl Pr; *id? nl that ?von at the formal nc< ptlon* *?n d'?red to C.onrmn* and tin f it II di plomatic corpa of I he t Ijrx?. i ? n *v*r nhook hands with th? visitor* Th" Ptv-tldon*. wbo f -mldt r? d ^In^wlf riT" lr? the "ri*- " cln??K. i < ? n re public* w^r#? p? w mid democracy an ? -vT?erlment, ?tr>od stiffly Wltb his band a brhfttd lil* 'ark and Ik wed ? bo ?tate!v bow of cblrnlrou colon ial daya n? tin* ?,u :*t* Hied by Rudolph Forairr. veteran ?%* -cu tlve clerk nt the White 1Io? who ban watched th" go I nun *nd on? npa of Mix Presidents. In nmonv tiowe who are most anvlous to ae*? "ie '>ur d^n of such details a* hunt* *hV:lnK lifted from the Pro*ldent'n roulne. When reminded of George W Intc ton> custom he said: "It'a a fcood Idea and ml *bt be worv^d t* advantage "it." Hut prcbablv Rudolph doesn't g?t the thrill that rialtcra from the sjeka Ret at the Bight and touch of the Prealdent. TAMMANY LEADEIt DIES SUDDENLY Now York. April 25.?Chart*'* F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, died of acute indigestion at 9:30 o'clock this morning at hi* residence here. He was born In New York. June 28. 1858. and succeeded the late Itichard Croker an chieftain of the country's most famous politi cal organization. ALUMNI ENTERTAIN W. F. C. GLEE CLUB With Dr. Gregory a* ToantmaMter 1 Knjoy Delightful Social Hour al the Linden i Wake Forest alumni renewed their youth and recalled and swapped college experiences when they wore hosts at the Linden Thurs day prior to the Wake Forest Glee Club concert to the members of the club at dinner. i. The visitors were welcomed by) George J. Spence. *06. and response ( to the welcome wns made In behalfi, of the club by George Modlln, '24,' of Elizabeth City, who is business1, maanger of the club. Then there was a short talk by Dr. Hubert Po test. 'Ofi. club director, on the j Greater Wake Forest Program, but i with Dr. S. W. Gregory, *8fi. as , toBBtmaster the affair was entirely Informal and most of the hour sllpned bv before hosts or guests realized It in informal conversation.; In the course of his remarks on the greater Wake Forest program j. Dr. Poteat referred to more or less I current misrepresentation concern-1 Ing what is being taught at Wake I Forest as to the real fundamentals of Christian faith and said that this) misrepresentation emanated, for the: most part, from those who knew: neither Wake Forest nor the mem bers of its faculty. % Referring to the Wnke Forest: spirit, George Snence said that thl*| spirit was the biggest thing about i th? college and that what made thej Wake Forest spirit was the men back of the collece from the davs of its' founders until now. It I* the infill-! ence of work and of the faith and of. the dally lives of these men. Mr. Spence said, an Influence which will1 endure and carry on when they are] gone, that has made, and Is making I and will continue to make Wake Forest great. Members of the Elizabeth Citv j Alnpinl Association are: G. J. Spence, *06; W. L. Cohoon. '96; rir. ] R. L. Kendrick, '06; J. C. Spence,' M. H. Simpson, *12; E. F. Avd-j llett. Sr., *79; E. F. Aydlett, Jr., 12; I R. M. Sawyer. *13; M. H. Jone*. *15; | | A. H. Combs. '10; P. G. Sawyer, '10; 1 Herbert Peelo, "08; M. P. Sawyer, I '02; J. G. Gregory. '90; Dr. S. W. 1 Gregory. *86; M. E. Dell, *14; T. J.l Markham, '05; J. B. Alderman, '15; G. F. Wright. 13: J. H. LeRoy. Jr.. *20; Rev. R. F. Hall. '18* G. W. Bro thora. Jr.. *12; G. P. Sherrlll. *21; 1. M. Meeklns. *96; E. S. Scott, *02; Noah Burfoot, Jr.. '15; John Sprulll, '07, and Kmnk Overton. '08. CHAMIiKIl COMMKRCK HEAD APPOINTS CANAL <X>MMITTKK A committee to keep in touch with the appropriation of $375,000 for the purchase of the Dismal Swamp Canal recantly approved by-j the Rivers and Harbors committee of the House of Representatives was named bv President M. Leigh Sheep; of the Ellznbeth City Chambor of Commerce Friday morning. # Members of the committee are P. H. Williams. J. C. B. Ehrlnghaus, J. T. McCahe, nnd O. F. Gilbert. APPOINTED EDITOK EPISCOPAL ORGAN Richmond, April 25. The reslg-j nation of Dr. Russell Bowie of New York ns editor of the Southern Churchman, publication of the epis copal Church, has been accepted and Dr. Joseph Dunn of Richmond ap pointed sucyasor. It was officially announced here today. ? ? MELLON PROPOSAL I < EJECTED BV SENATE Washington. April 25.?-The pro posal of Secretary Mellon designed lo check capital loss deductions was today rejected by the Senate with- { ')Ut a record vote. BAKER DISCUSSES MUSCLE SHOALS PLANS ! Washington. April 2r>.- Former j Secretary of War Baker and three j citizens of Mississippi today threw the weight of their testimony t ngalnst any proposition .for the op ^ '?ration of Muscle Shoals without v guarantees of power distribution, at j, the hearing of the Senate agriculture t committee. ! Baker said he faverred the NorHs ' proposal for Government operation, unit "never under any circumstances J whould the Government part with j the dams at Muscle Shoals." WAR DEPARTMENT POSTER RECALLED Buffalo, April 25.?A War Depart ment poster attacking certain wo men's organizations for disloyalty!' has been recalled by Secretary 11 Weeks. Mrs. Maude Wood Park to- i day disclosed before the National 1 league of Women Voters convention i here. I PLAN HELP TO FINANCE FIGHT Kli/.ulx-lh Oily Shipper** Will L'lidrrtakc to (lontriliiite :i Minimum of $500 to I'rr v?*nt Freight Kutc Inrreuttr. Kliznbitli city HlU|t|>0rs will un iortakc to rainc at leant $500 to as sist In the fight nun Inst the pro posed change hi interstate freight rates affecting North Carolina cities now pending before the Interstate Commerce Commission. A commit tee consisting of Kay Toxey, W. J. Wood ley. Sr.. M. C. Love. S. G. Scott,, and W. H. Weatherly, Sr., to make a canvass for a freight rate fund with that amount as a mini mum was appointed by President M. Leigh Sheep of the Chamber of Commerce Friday morning. The foregoing action was taken by Mr. Sheep on the authority of a representative body of Elizabeth City shippers who met at the Cham ber of Commerce rooms Thursday night* to hear M. R. Heaman of ttie Wilson chamber of commerce and H. E. Harlow of the New Bern chamber of commerce discuss the situation. Mr. Harlow told of what other ti tles of Eastern North Carolina ar.? doing In preparation for the fight be fore the Interstate Commerce Com mission. He pointed out what it would mean to cities of Eastern North Carolina to have a change of freight rates as compared with Vir ginia cities, declaring that the ten dency- would be to drive away pros pective industries, to 'hamper the section's growth and either to seri ously drive out of business Its whole sale enterprise or at least to seri ously restrict their development. Wilson has raised $2,000, Mr. Harlow said. Newbern, $760; and Klnston. $1,000. At Washington a meeting was held Wednesday night and then und there $500 was raised and a committee appointed to go cut and bring the amount up to $750. It was felt that Elizabeth City should raise $500 or more. Mr. Heaman In an exhaustive ad dress made It quite clear, by con crete Illustrations what Eastern North Carolina would be up against If the new rates proposed should go Into effect, both manufacturers and 1 other shippers. | To fight the case for the North ;Carolina cities a traffic expert has been employed at Washington and the fund that Is being raised Is de signed to meet this and other Inci dental expenses, such as printing, postage, correspondence and so on. Eastern North Carolina shippers are described as being thoroughly aroused and ready to fight the pro posed Increase In freight rates to.the limit. ~ > CASIIIEK ARRAIGNED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT Charlotte. April 25. ? Clarence Latham, chief bank examiner, an nounced yesterday that W. V. Smith, cashier of the Farmers Hank and Trust Company of Caroleen, will be arraigned today charged with em bezzlement of the bank's funds. BANKING BILL IS FAVOHABLY ItKt'OJtTED Washington, April 26.?The Mc Fad den bill to amend the National Hank and Federal Reserve Acts was today ordered favorably reported by the House banking committee. SLAYER CAPTURED IN THE MOUNTAINS Richmond, April 25.? Sam Palm or. charged with killing State prohi bition Officer McMannaway near l-'lynn yesterday wan captured today In the Alleghany County mountalnn ifter helng wounded. Attorney Oen rul Maunder* wan advlned. NO OFFICIAL KEPORT OF NAVAL CASUALTIES WaMhlnt'ton, April 25. Overnight idvlcea to the State Department con fined' no word of caaualtleA nmonv In- nnvel forrea at Tegucigalpa, cap tal of Honduras, reported yesterday n an unofficial metmage from San Salvador. Officials here today were Inclined o accept the lack of any official re lort an a hopeful in They anaerted that In view of dl" urh?*d condition* In Honduras It vould not he unusual If exaggerat ?d ??raJons of the nltuatlon had trlokh'd icrosa the border Into San Salvador. IHIKTF.EN PASSENGERS HURT IN COLLISION Chicago. April 26. ? Thirteen >.iK?enR"ra wore Injured, Ihrne fa ally. here yv.irrilay when two elec rlc cara collided. ^ I'AUK WIU. HPKAK Reports from Hertford are to th* ffect that chairman Frank l'a*e ot he State Highway Commission haa iccepted the Invitation of the Hert ord Chamber ot Commerce to apeak it the trl-clty good roads meeting n that city on Thunday. May 1. I
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